I have been running either barefoot (when I'm on clean sidewalks) or with the luna sandals for a few years now. I figured I was past the initial learning curve when I was able to go about 10-14 miles in the sandals. It's never clean enough for my taste to go much more than a couple of miles totally barefoot.
So, on weekends I would run maybe 10 miles or so and take a break in the week. I was never a good runner so never getting "faster" was fine by me. I decided to sign up for one of these ultra-marathon runs.
Well, I only made it 32 miles of the 37, mostly because my left knee was really hurting. It felt like the tendon around the outside was too tight and pulling everything in the knee into a lot of pain. In fact all the tendons in my whole body were tight, making me sort of lean over, but that's another story.
I've learned about foam roller stretches since then. But after about a month, I ran 5-miles and the pain is still there. I figured I would have just healed by now, since that is what happened with my foot prior to the ultra-marathon: my foot was really hurting, I did some stretches and rested, and then the pain went away.
Does anybody have any ideas about it? Otherwise I'll continue the foam roller exercises and continue resting.
Thanks for any help in advance.
V/r,
Bryan
So, on weekends I would run maybe 10 miles or so and take a break in the week. I was never a good runner so never getting "faster" was fine by me. I decided to sign up for one of these ultra-marathon runs.
Well, I only made it 32 miles of the 37, mostly because my left knee was really hurting. It felt like the tendon around the outside was too tight and pulling everything in the knee into a lot of pain. In fact all the tendons in my whole body were tight, making me sort of lean over, but that's another story.
I've learned about foam roller stretches since then. But after about a month, I ran 5-miles and the pain is still there. I figured I would have just healed by now, since that is what happened with my foot prior to the ultra-marathon: my foot was really hurting, I did some stretches and rested, and then the pain went away.
Does anybody have any ideas about it? Otherwise I'll continue the foam roller exercises and continue resting.
Thanks for any help in advance.
V/r,
Bryan